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Synonyms for thinned

Grammar : Verb
Spell : thin
Phonetic Transcription : θɪn

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Définition of thinned

Origin :
  • Old English þynne "narrow, lean, scanty," from Proto-Germanic *thunnuz, *thunw- (cf. West Frisian ten, Middle Low German dunne, Dutch dun, Old High German dunni, German dünn, Old Norse þunnr), from PIE *tnus-, *tnwi-, from weak grade of root *ten- "stretch" (cf. Latin tenuis "thin, slender;" see tenet).
  • These our actors ... were all Spirits, and Are melted into Ayre, into thin Ayre. [Shakespeare, "The Tempest," IV.i.150, 1610]
  • Thin-skinned is attested from 1590s; the figurative sense of "touchy" is from 1670s.
  • verb make diluted or less dense
Example sentences :
  • The darkness, of which so much had just turned into water, had thinned down a little.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow-Line » by Joseph Conrad
  • This is then boiled for a few minutes, and thinned down as required.
  • Extract from : « Practical Mechanics for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe
  • Already one call had thinned the county of the younger and unmarried men.
  • Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
  • A landscape of flat wastes, of thinned and burned and uprooted trees.
  • Extract from : « Wayside Courtships » by Hamlin Garland
  • The plants are thinned to a stand of three inches in the rows.
  • Extract from : « Agriculture for Beginners » by Charles William Burkett
  • The ranks were thinned by the wounded who had fallen and been carried off the field.
  • Extract from : « From Fort Henry to Corinth » by Manning Ferguson Force
  • Thinned with water, it is a much used ingredient in Italian recipes.
  • Extract from : « The Italian Cook Book » by Maria Gentile
  • The woods were all thinned out, logs lying in every direction.
  • Extract from : « Letters from Port Royal » by Various
  • Our thinned company hinted that the rolling had other consequences.
  • Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
  • The blood, she felt, should be thinned after a winter of sausages and rich cocoa.
  • Extract from : « Long Live the King » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

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